Milovan Glišić

Milovan Đ. Glišić ( Serbian Cyrillic Милован Ђ Глишић, . Born January 6, 1847 in Gradac ( near Valjevo ), † February 1, 1908 in Dubrovnik) was a Serbian writer, translator and journalist.

Biography and literary work

As a child of poor farmers Milovan Glišić was forced to help his family in their work, before he managed to obtain an education in Belgrade. Later he studied art and philosophy. He then worked as a journalist, librarian and translator. He was editor of Srpska novine and playwright at the National Theatre in Belgrade. Because of his liberal views, he was initially criticized by the establishment before its literary quality was increasingly recognized. Still, he never forgot his peasant origins, he worked in his works. He wrote two plays: Dva cvancika ( " Two Twenties" ) and Podvala ( " The String "). In addition, he wrote realistic short stories that were based on Russian models. For this reason he is also referred to as the " Serbian Gogol " and is considered the founder of the tradition of realistic stories about the Serbian village life. In it, he idealizes the one hand, the moral behavior and cohesion of the village community, on the other hand criticized the authorities, which suppresses the farmers and prevents their social emancipation. He has enriched with folklore, idealism, satire and humor His realistic held narration which characterize his style. As a translator of French, German and particularly Russian literature, he has also had a considerable influence on Serbian writer. His story Posle devedeset godina ( " Ninety years later " ) that picks up the legend of the vampire Sava Savanović, has filmed in 1973, the director Đorđe Kadijević for Yugoslavian television under the title Leptirica ("the butterfly bitch" ).

Works (selection)

Dramas

• Dva cvancika (1883 )
• Podvala (1885 )

Short stories

• Glava Secera ( A handful of sugar)
• Ni oko STA ( Also think about that )
• Posle devedeset godina ( After ninety years )
• Prva Brazda ( The first plow furrow )
• Raspis ( Writing )
• Editorial zver ( A rare animal )
• Roga ( Yoke )
• Sigurna Vecina ( safest )
• Svirac ( The Players)
• Silo za ognjilo ( An awl for scale)
• Vujina prosidba ( Vujins Advertise bride )
• Zloslutni broj ( An odd number )

Collection

• Pripovetke (stories)